Dyeing sulfonated anionic polymeric fibers with an aqueous dispersion of a salt of a cationic dye and an arylsulfonate

ABSTRACT

An aqueous dispersion of (1) a water-insoluble salt of a cationic dye and a selected anion of an arylsulfonic acid with (2) an anionic dispersing agent selected from lignin sulfonate or a salt of a sulfonated naphthalene-formaldehyde condensate has been found useful in the high-temperature dyeing of acid modified acrylic, polyamide, or polyester fibers, either alone or in blend by continuous dyeing operations. The salts can be represented by the formulas D+Ar&#39;&#39;SO3- and K+ArSO3+where D+ is a cationic dye having a resonating or delocalized positive charge and Ar&#39;&#39; is an aryl group substituted with substituents such that the summation of the pKa increments for the substituents is equal to or less than -0.9; and K+ is a cationic dye having a localized positive charge and Ar is an aryl group substituted with substituents such that the summation of the pKa increments for the substituents is equal to or less than -0.6.

United States Patent Kissa 1 May 2,1972

[72] Inventor:

[73] Assignee:

Erik Kissa, Wilmington, Del.

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, Del.

[22] Filed: Apr. 25, 1968 [21] AppLNo; 724,239

[52] US. Cl. ..8/21 A, 8/41 A, 8/41 C, 8/168, 8/172, 8/25, 8/173, 8/80, 8/21 B, 8/21 C, 8/41 B [51] Int. Cl. ..D06p 3/82 [58] Field ofSearch ..8/21,25, 171, 172, 177 AB [56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,837,500 6/l958 Andres et al ..260/79.3 2,837,501 6/1958 Millhiser..... ...260/79.3

3,173,747 3/1965 Wyse ..8/55 3,018,272 l/l962 Griffing et al..... .260/75 3,185,538 5/1965 Voltz et al. ..8/55 3,549,612 12/1970 Clarke 260/160 1,613,228 l/1927 H02 etal 8/172X 2,922,690 1/1960 Mueller et a1 ..8/21

OTHER PUBLICATIONS Du Pont Tech. Info. Bull. OR- 157, 6/ 1967 J. Soc. Dyers & Col.Vol.77, 1961, p. 616- 625 Guidebook to Man-Made Text, 1960, p. 172- 173 Text. Research J., Aug. 1961, p. 697- 703 Mayer, Melliand Text., Vol. 46, 1965 Primary Examiner-George F. Lesmes Assistant ExaminerPatricia C. lves Atl0rneyGary A. Samuels [5 7] ABSTRACT An aqueous dispersion of (l) a water-insoluble salt of a cationic dye and a selected anion of an arylsulfonic acid with (2) an anionic dispersing agent selected from lignin sulfonate or a salt of a sulfonated naphthalene-formaldehyde condensate has been found useful in the high-temperature dyeing of acid modified acrylic, polyamide, or polyester fibers, either alone or in blend by continuous dyeing operations.

The salts can be represented by the formulas D ArSO and K ArSO Q where D 1 is a cationic dye having a resonating or delocalized positive charge and Ar' is an aryl group substituted with substituents such that the summation of the pKa increments for the substituents is equal to or less than 0.9; and K is a cationic dye having a localized positive charge and Ar is an aryl group substituted with substituents such that the summation of the pKa increments for the substituents is equal to or less than O.6.

13 Claims, No Drawings DYEING SULFONATED ANIONIC POLYMERIC FIBERS WITH AN AQUEOUS DISPERSION OF A SALT OF A CATIONIC DYE AND AN ARYLSULFONATE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention is directed to a process useful in the dyeing and printing of acid-modified acrylic, polyamide, and polyester fibers, which process comprises employing dyeing compositions in a high-temperature continuous dyeing operation.

2. Description of the Prior Art Acid-modified acrylic fibers, such as those described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,837,500 and 2,837,501, and acid-modified polyesters, such as those described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,0l8,272, have become widely used in textile applications and methods for continuously dyeing them have been sought. Early dyeing compositions employed to dye these fibers were conventional basic dyes in the form of their water-soluble salts. These early compositions, when used in the most common continuous dyeing methods, i.e., pad steam or Thermosol, exhibited low fixation, poor build-up, and low solubility limited shades obtainable to light-to-medium depths.

In addition, the concurrent growing use of fiber blends, e.g., a fiber blend of acid-modified polyacrylonitrile or polyester and a cellulosic polymer or a natural fiber such as wool, prompted additional need for new dyeing compositions. To dye the different types of fibers of the blend in the same dye bath presented complex problems which made necessary a careful consideration of the time of addition of the difierent types of dyes needed to dye each of the difl'erent types of fibers present, and a careful consideration of the compatibility of the different types of dyes. Frequently, an anionic dye used to dye cotton or wool was found to coprecipitate with the basic cationic dye used to dye the acid-modified synthetic polymer. For the same reason, the economical and effective anionic thickeners and anionic dispersants did not give good results when employed with the basic cationic dyes in dyeing acid-modified polymer blends. Limited success for obtaining compatibility of cationic dyes with anionic agents has been achieved for pad bath operations, but requires the presence of a non-ionic surfactant.

Partial alleviation of the compatibility problems associated with the use of cationic dyes with anionic thickeners or dispersants was efiected byemploying a dyeing or printing composition of the water-insoluble complex formed from a basic cationic dye and a heteropoly acid in admixture with a dispersant formed by the sodium salt of the condensation product of formaldehyde and Z-naphthalene sulfonic acid. Such compositions are described in Canadian Pat. Nos. 737,934, 737,960 and 775,458. However, these compositions, although improving the compatibility properties are not entirely satisfactory because they are not applicable to fibers by a continuous hightemperature procedure.

To date, because of the aforementioned difiiculties, no complete line of colors has been developed for dyeing by a continuous high-temperature process. Thus, the objects of this invention are to provide a continuous high-temperature process which employs dye compositions that give good buildup on fibers with increasing concentration which are stable over prolonged periods of time, give level dyeings while maintaining shade and compatibility with other dye bath ingredients such as anionic dyes, acid dyes, anionic thickeners, pad liquors, etc.

These and other objects which will become apparent hereinafter are accomplished by the process of this invention.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Process for continuously dyeing acid-modified acrylic, polyamide or polyester fibers which comprises 1. padding said fibers with a composition comprising (a) a water-insoluble salt of a cationic dye and a selected anion of an arylsulfonic acid, and (b) an anionic dispersing agent selected from lignin sulfonate or a salt of a sulfonated naphthalene-formaldehyde condensate;

2. drying the padded fiber, and

3. heating the fiber at 350-450 F. for about 60 seconds to 5 minutes to fix the dye in the fiber.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The cationic dye component of the salt is selected from (a) cationic, basic dyes having a delocalized, or resonating, positive charge, and (b) cationic dyes having a localized, i.e., pendant, positive charge represented by the formula wherein Z is a dye nucleus;

Y is a connecting linkage selected from a covalent bond, alkylene of one to six carbon atoms,

R and R taken separately, are each selected from lower alkyl, lower cyanoalkyl, lower hydroxyalkyl and aralkyl of seven to l 1 carbon atoms; and joined together, is a divalent alkylene group which forms a heterocyclic ring with the N nitrogen;

R is hydrogen or lower alkyl; and

R is lower alkyl or NH,.

The definition of the selected anion of an aryl sulfonic acid is dependent upon the cationic dye present. When the cationic dye is the cationic basic dye having a delocalized positive charge, the aryl sulfonic anion is represented by the formula Ar'SO? in which Ar is a carbocyclic aromatic moiety containing six to 14 ring carbon atoms, with the provisos that Ar is devoid of water-solubilizing or ionogenic substituents, and that Ar is substituted with substituent groups such that the summation of the pKa increments for the substituents, as measured on benzoic acid derivatives in aqueous medium, is equal to or less than -0.9. When the cationic dye is one having a localized, pendant positive charge, the arylsulfonic anion is represented by the formula Arse? wherein Ar is defined the same as Ar except that the summation of the pKa increments is equal to or less than 0.6.

Thus, the water-insoluble salt of a cationic dye and a selected anion of an aryl sulfonic acid can be represented by the following two formulas:

n Ar'so? and K Ai-SO? wherein D represents a cationic, basic dye having a resonating or delocalized positive charge; Ar and Ar are as defined above; and K represents a cationic dye having a localized, pendant positive charge represented by the formula wherein Z, Y, R R R and R are as defined previously. A. THE SALT OF THE DELOCALIZED POSITIVE CHARGED DYE AND THE ANION ArSO i. The Cation D The cationic, i.e., basic, dyes with a delocalized, resonating, positive charge that are operable in the salt component of the compositions employed in the process of this invention encompass a wide variety of dyes distinguished by the fact that their positive charge is not localized on a single atom, but rather is delocalized through resonance between various atoms of the dye structure. Resonance is a term describing a well-known phenomenon of chemistry. See, for example, Mechanism and Structure in Organic Chemistry," by ES. Gould; Henry Holt and Co., New York, 1959, and The Chemistry of Synthetic Dyes", Vol. 1, Chapter V, by K. Venkataraman, Academic Press, lnc., New York, 1952. According to the resonance theory, when a compound can have two or more structures that are equivalent or nearly so and that are interconvertible by the redistribution of electrons or ionized centers, the actual molecule does not conform to any one of the structures but exists as a resonance hybrid of them all. That is, all the canonical forms possible contribute to the true structure (the resonance hybrid). Thus the triarylmethane dye, Rosaniline, is a resonance hybrid composed of several major canonical forms shown as follows:

Hm CH3 Hm CH3 C 2 U Q Q o l l l n NH: NR2

The various canonical forms shown above illustrate that the positive charge of the cation is not associated with any one atom, but is delocalized over many atoms of the molecule.

This principle of resonance stabilization by delocalization of the positive charge constitutes the essential criteria for defining the delocalized positive charge cation employed in the compositions of this invention. In other words, any cationic, basic dye having adjacent atoms containing either an unshared pair of electrons or a pair of electrons available for delocalization as the pi (1r) electrons which form multiple or aromatic bonds is covered by this definition.

The following dye structures are illustrative of the cationic dyes having a delocalized positive charge effective for use in the compositions employed in the process of this invention:

a; CH3

CH CH CN 2 This dye, where R is C1, is described in US. 3,021,344.

2. The formula 1 dye wherein R is H is described in U.S. 2,083,888.

This dye, wherein R is H, is described in U.S. 2,155,459. 4. The dye of Formula 3 where R is OCH;

1 CH=CH N=N 5 Q H This dye is described in U.S. 3,192,195.

6. CH, i

UCH=CH \N/ 0.1. 48,035

@I CH3 H3 H H 1 +0113 /CH2CHGN R: N\ \N/ OH:CHR' 02115 25 Ha Hm cm Thisdye is disclosed in U.S. 2,164,793 and U.S.

5 9. The dye of Formula 8 wherein R is The dye is disclosed in U.S. patents 2,164,793 and 10. The dye of Formula 8 wherein R is Qmmm.

The corresponding methyl ester is 0.1. 45,175.

( 2 6) 2N NH:

I \C/ CH;

6 13. The dye of Formula 8 wherein R is The dye is disclosed in U.S. 2,077,063.

/CH: 22, /N\

CHZCHQON. 5 (CzH5)2N N-CH1 14. The dye of Formula 8 wherein R is O H CN The dye is dlslosed ln U.S. 2 741 605. f23. The dye of Formula 8 Wheiein R is The dye is disclosed in the US. patents discussed 10 in No. S. V

15. 1 will 24. The dye of Formula 8 wherein R is N H C- CH1 @N(CH2CH2CN)1 1s H c- N=NR The dye is disclosed in Japanese Pat. 13, 748/ 66.

N v 25. a) r /C2H5 CH CH CN L H3 2 2 2 26. The dye of Formula 8 wherein R is a .1 2 H3 9 The dye is disclosed in 11.8. 3,068,056. The dye 0f Fmmula 8 Wherem R 18 CH CH CN 16. The dye of Formula 15 wherein R is /C2H5 30 omcnzei.

| 02111019. i e; CH;

The dye is disclosed in Us. 3,121,711. /o N=N N oH,

R; r B2 17 The dye is disclosed in U.S. 2,893,816.

The dye is disclosed in US. Ser. No. 579,188, 840 $6 O.G. 669 (November, 19, 1968). H

wherein R is 18. The dye of Formula 17 wherein R is Cl and R fl is CH N\ 0 The dye is disclosed in U.S. Ser. No 579,188, 840 9 b 19,1968. O G 66 (Novem er 30. The dye of Formula 29 wherein R is 19. /CHZCHZCN GH C N a) H) 0.1. 51004 CH 3 2H5): \O/ 2 a2 31. @l 3 W /N\ 0. N 0.1. 11,826 C N=N O S/ (02H!) 2N- \N/ N=N@ H OoHs 111/ G9 CH3 The dye is disclosed lIl US. 2,893,816.

- 32. CH3 21. The dye of Formula 8 wherein R is ii e CH 2 s)zN \o/ (SH.

The dye is disclosed in U.S. 3,014,041.

l l HC C-N=N-- N(CH) 34. H3C CH3 C H 3 .=.H.N:l \N/ CH3 The dye is related to the dyes disclosed in U.S. 3,345,355.

N=N S 6H.

The dye is disclosed In U.S. 3,312,681.

36. N=NCHCGHa The dye is disclosed in U.S. 1,833,839.

37. H30 CH3 CH=CH-R s where R is CH CH N/ CH2 The dye is disclosed in U.S. 2,077,063.

38. The dye of Formula 37 wherein R. is

40. The dye of Formula 37 wherein R is Thus representative basic dye classes which are suitable for reaction with arylsulfonic acids to form the water-insoluble (at room temperature) salts employed in the present invention include the following: diphenylmethanes (ketone imines) such as auramine; triarylmethane dyes such as C.l. Basic Green l, C.l. 42,040, fuchsine (C.l. 42,500), resorcine violet (C.l. 43,520), victoria blue (C.l. 44,040), basic violet (C.l. 42,557) (SuppL), rhoduline violet (C.l.44,520), the basic dyes of US. Pat. No. 3,021,344 (1962) to D.R.Baer; of US. Pat. No. 3,032,561( 1962) to J.Pikl; of US. Pat. No. 2,083,888 (1937) to Carl Winter et al., xanthene dyes such as Pyronine G (C.l. 45,005), methylene red (C.l. 45,006), Rhodamine S (C.l. 45,050), saccharein (C.l. 45,070), Rhodamine 50 (C1. 45,105), Rhodamine G (C.1. 45,150), Rhodamine 66 (C1. 45,160), Rhodamine 12GM (C.l. 45,310); acridines such as Acridine Orange NO (C.l. 46,005), DiamondPhosphine GG (C.l. 46,035), Rheonine AL (C.l. 46,075); methine dyes such as basic red C.I. 48,015, basic red C.l. 48,013, basic violet C.I. 48,020, basic orange C.l. 48,035, basic yellow C.I. 48,055, basic red C.l. 48,070, basic yellow (3.1. 48,060, basic yellow C.l. 48,065, basic dyes prepared from 2-methylene-l,3,3- trimethylindoline (Fischers Base) as disclosed in US. Pat. No. 2,734,901 and in "Synthetic Dyes by Venkataraman, Academic Press Inc, New York, 1952, vol. 11, page 1,174, basic methine dyes as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,155,459 and 2,164,793, basic azatrimethinecyanine dyes such as those disclosed by .1. Volt: in Angew. Chem." (English edition) pages 532-537, Oct. 1962; thiazole dyes such as Thioflavine T (C.l. 49,005); indamine basic dyes such as basic green C.l. 49,405; azine dyes such as Mauve (C.l. 50,245), Safranine T (C.l. 50,240), basic violet C.l. 50,055, basic blue C.l. 50,306, Induline 63 Base (C.l. 50,400); oxazine dyes such as basic blue C.I. 51,004, Mendolas Blue C.I. 51,175, basic black C.l. 51,215; thiazine dyes such as Methylene Blue C.l. 52,015, basic green C.I. 52,020; and azo dyes having a delocalized positive charge such as the azo-safranine dyes described in US. Pat. Nos. 3,068,056 and 3,121,711, chrysoidine Cl 1 1,270, basic brown C.l. 21,010, and basic dyes of British Pat. No. 896,681; U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,864,812, 2,864,813, 2,883,373, and 2,889,315; 2,906,747, and German Pat. No. 1,088,631.

The preceding list of dyes represents preferred classes of dyes and is not to be construed as being restrictive. The list is intended to exemplify the wide variety of chromophores applicable in this invention. The disclosures of the references cited in the preceding paragraph which pertain to the dye structure and preparation is incorporated herein.

2. The Anion Ar'SO The cationic dyes discussed in Part A( 1) immediately above are most commonly taught in the patent literature .as possessing adequate water solubility. Water solubility is achieved by preparing the dye as salts with anions usually selected from the following list: C1 Er HSO, 11 F0 %SO, zncn cl-i,so, can-s09, eu o-$0 c a -040, 0 1-1 ci-i,-c,H,so; (ortho or para), HCOO CH c00 onl -c00 c,ii, coo c|-cH,-coo C H .,COO the lactate, oxalate, tartrate or citrate ion. When produced with these ions, the dyestuffs are sufficiently soluble in water to be applicable to polyacrylonitrile fibers from aqueous solution.

In the present invention, selected substituted carbocyclic arylsulfonates, Ar'SO are employed in place of the watersolubilizing anions described above. These selected arylsulfonates provide tight salts with the cationic dye which are water-insoluble at room temperature, may be dispersed with selected anionic dispersing agents, are compatible (i.e., do not co-precipitate by ion exchange) with acid dyes, anionic thickeners, and like ingredients of dye baths, and which fulfill the objectives of this invention as stated previously, in that they may be applied by a continuous Thermosol technique to acid-modified polyacrylonitrile and polyesters. I

The substituents permissible on the carbocyclic arylsulfonate may vary widely. It has been found that permissible substituents on the arylsulfonates are those whose combined effect increases the acidity of the corresponding benzoic acids to a certain degree. More specifically, it has been found that any substituents which increase the acidity of benzoic acids, in an aqueous medium, by at least 0.9 of a pKa unit, when added together, are useful substituents for the carbocyclic aromatic sulfonic acids used as complexing anions with the delocalized charge cations in this invention. Thus, on pages 592593 of the Determination of Organic Structures by Physical Methods, Vol. I, by Brande and Nachod, published by Academic Press, Inc., New York, 1955, is a table listing pKa increments for various substituents. Any of the listed substituents may be employed so long as their pKa sum has a value of 0.9 or less. As readily seen from inspecting pages 592-593, this requirement is readily fulfilled by two preferred complexing anions, as follows:

ApKa=-1.04 ApKa= 2.79

In addition, the following monosubstituted benzenesulfonic acids may be employed as complexing anions useful in attaining the objectives of this invention ApKa o-nitrobenzenesulfonate 2.03 o-iodobenzenesulfonate l .34 o-bromobenzenesulfonate l .35 o-chlorobenzenesulfonate l .26 o-fluorobenzenesulfonate 0.93

The list for operable polysubstituted carbocyclic aromatic sulfonates becomes much larger since the effects appear to be additive, as previously illustrated with the two preferred corn plexing agents. For example, the following complexing anions may be specifically mentioned as applicable:

ApKa 3-methylsulfonyl-S-chlorobenzenesulfonate 0.93 3-trifiuoromethyl-5-cyanobenzenesulfonate l .01 2-ethyl-4-methylsulfonylbenzenesulfonate l .l l 2,4-, 2,5-dichlorobenzenesulfonate l .47, l.63 2-phenoxy-5-chlorobenzenesulfonate l .04

plicable in this invention. Many of these pKa values are somewhat surprising based on the values given for the monosubstituted benzoic acids shown on pages 592-593. These apparent anomalies are usually rationalized on the basis of steric effects, as well as their electrical, i.e., inductive and resonance effects.

ApKa 2,6-dimethylbenzenesulfonate 0.99 2,4-dibromobenzenesulfonate l .50 2,S-dinitrobenzenesulfonate 2.5 8 3 ,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonate l .38 2-nitro4,5-dimethoxybenzenesulfonate l .71 2,3-dinitro-5,6-dimethoxybenzenesulfonate -2.84

Additional substituted compounds are effective in this invention. Several are listed below with reference to their Hammett sigma constants. The pKa limitation is not altered here since the Hammett sigma constants can be derived from the degree of dissociation, i.e., ionization or pKa of substituted benzoic acids in an aqueous medium. A convenient list of Hammett sigma constants is available on p.87 in Physical Organic Chemistry", Second Edition, by J. Hine, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc, 1962. Using Hammett sigma constants, the requirement is that sigma be equal to or greater than +0.9. This requirement is the equivalent of the requirement that the sum of the pKas be equal to or less than 0.9. Thus, the following compounds may be employed:

Finally, several compounds are readily applicable as anions in this invention, for which ionization data is not conveniently found in the literature. Thus, in changing from benzene to naphthalene sulfonates, more than just the ionization constant must be considered to describe the effect on the solubility of the cationic dye salts. For example, although the pKa values of benzoic acid and fl-naphthoic acid are similar (3.20 and 3.16, respectively), the latter is 30 times less soluble. It is readily seen, however, since fi-naphthoic acid is more insoluble than benzoic acid that the limitation that the pKa of the substituents be equal to or less than 0.9 applies equally to these latter compounds. Some such compounds include 5-, and 8-acetamido-2-naphthalenesulfonate l-, and Z-anthraquinonesulfonate 2-chloro-3,5-dinitrobenzenesulfonate 2-chloro-5-nitrobenzenesulfonate 4-chloro-3-nitrobenzenesulfonate S-cyanol -naphtha.lenesulfonate l-, and 2-naphthalenesulfonate 5-, and 8-nitrol -naphthalenesulfonate 5, and 8-nitro-Z-naphthalenesulfonate 2,6-dimethyl-8-, and -3-naphthalenesulfonate and Acenaphthene-3-sulfonate It has been found that dyes illustrated by formula 3 will form water-insoluble, dispersable salts with a weaker sulfonate than generally applicable, for example, m-nitrobenzenesulfonate; and that to obtain water-insoluble crystalline precipitates, necessary for preparing good dispersions, with dyes represented by formulas l9 and 22, very strongly acidic sulfonates are more desirable, for example, 2,4- dinitrobenzenesulfonate. These conditions are preferred ones for use with the specified dyes.

B. THE SALT OF THE LOCALIZED, PENDANT POSITIVE CHARGE DYE AND THE ANroN Arse? l. The Cation The cationic dyes having a pendant, localized positive charge which are useful in the salt with A60 have been previously defined as having the structure Preferably Z is an azo or anthraquinone-type dye chromophore. The positive charge is always carried by a quaternized nitrogen atom, which is added as an appendage to the dye chromophore. The appendage is present to insulate, i.e., localize, the positive charge from the highly unsaturated dye chromophore. This insulation can be effected by the presence of at least one alkylene group between the positively charged atom and the dye chromophore. The saturated insulating group thereby prevents any resonance interaction, i.e., delocalization, of the pi electrons of the chromophore with the (ill positively charged center. Thus, since an insulating, alkylene group is present, this type of cationic dye is commonly described as a pendant basic dye.

The following structures are illustrative of the cationic, K dyes effective in the salt component of this invention:

Disclosed 1n U.S. 2,099,525.

Related to dyes disclosed in U.S. 2,972,508.

Related to dyes disclosed in U.S. 2,972,508.

69 -o-@ cm-N c.m

C H4N (CH 3 Disclosed in U.S. 2,888,467.

C2H4N a)a Disclosed ln U.S. 2,972,508. Quaternary dyes of U.S. 3,023,212 as Disclosed in U.S. 3,023,212 and U.S. 2,834,793. Preferably obtained as the HCl salt.

Disclosed in U.S. 2,834,793 as the HCl salts.

Disclosed in U.S. 3,119,810.

Disclosed in U.S. 2,821,526.

l5 Disclosed in U.S. 2,821,526.

zHa

. a Disclosed in U.S. 2,821,526.

53. O OH l/ r e 0 NH(OH );N(CH:)2

Related to the dyes in U.S. 2,183,652. Preferably obtained as the HCl salt.

54. O NH:

II 69 0 NH-CH CHCH=N(CH3)3 Disclosed ln U.S. 2,716,655.

(0H. .N CH. so I c NH. A

The quaternary dies of U.S. 2,701,802, preferably 55 obtained as the HCl salt.

56. (I) ITIHCH;

H 0 NH(CH2)s a)a Similar to the dyes of U.S. 2,153,012.

O N-@N=N@NHCZH4N(CH 7O 68. Cl Cl 1 I e O N=N@NHC H N(CH C1 Disclosed in U.S. Ser. No. 560,867, filed June 27, 1966, and issued October 6, 1970 as U.S. 3,532,683.

Disclosed in U.S. Ser. No. 490,053, filed September 24. 1965.

CzHs Disclosed in U.S. Ser. No. 494,875, filed October 11, 1965.

Disclosed in U.S. 3,020,272.

N Cl Disclosed in U.S. Ser. No. 494,875, filed October 11, 1965.

Disclosed in U.S. 3,074,926.

9(Disclosed in U.S. Ser. No. 494,875, filed October 11,

Disclosed in U.S. 3,033,847.

Disclosed in U.S. 3,079,377.

Disclosed in U.S. 2,965,631.

Dyes 79 and 80 are described in copending application of Clarke, filed November 6, 1967, Ser. No. l 680,994 allowed May 22, 1970. -N CH: 81-82. Quaternary derivatives of the dyes described 6 in U.S. 2,022,921, as g CHM-H4011 5 Ha \CH corresponding quaternary derivatives as I Cl-N=N@ n 0011; O

CzH 90-91. The non-metallized, quaternary derivatives of the dyes of U.S. 3,096,318, as

s OH (nC4Hn)1NCH2CH2S l 83. Quaternary dyes of US 2,099,525, as (3H3 /C-N=N N 6 c1 01 l I C4110 Y, Q 2 F (GE) NCH clan-so CH, meme H 2 1 C N=N 92-93, The non-metallized, quaternary derivatives of 8487. Quaternary dyes, described in U.S. 2,238, 18 5, as

OCH S I 3 /OH2CHZCH2OH the dyes of U.S. 3,099,652, as N=N@ N\ EB CHz-CHz S CH3O \N/ 51 wHm 0 -cmcmcm g CN=N-CH-C-CH:

CH o=c N a N or quaternary derivatives as 1,115 OH OH and /CHzH-(EH2 OzN@N=N-@N 02H; 0111-0112 S e/ e k 1 CH OH-N-CH; CH; N-(CHQsa JL'H 0111.02: GHQ-0112i l /H CQH5 94. The quaternary derivatives of the dyes of U.S.

e 6 S H0 dnncmcnzcmmcnm C1 OCH: I

e l CHN a \N 0 0, NHCOCH; \(12H 8889. The mono-cationic dyes of U.S, 2,945,849, as The quaternary derivatives of the dyes of British 459,594, as

o The preceding list of dyes should not be construed as being p 69 restrictive. The list is intended to exemplify the wide variety of O"GH=CH2N(CH3) chromoophores applicable in this invention, e.g., monoazo, disazo, heterocyclic diazo or coupler, anthraquinone, quin- CH3 5 ophthalone, diphenylamine, etc. Indeed, it is believed that all of the dyes disclosed in the foregoing references having local- OH ized, pendant positive charges will form stable, water-insolu- CHgCH: O l ble pastes as described subsequently, and all such disclosure of a the foregoing references are incorporated herein. The alkylene group serves as an insulator since it is bonded to CHQCH? CH3 0 neighboring atoms through sigma bonds and does not possess pi electrons, nor an unshared electron pair, available for delocalization, i.e., resonance, with the positive charge.

2. The Anion ArSO The cationic dyes discussed in Part 8(1) immediately above CH3 are most commonly taught in the patent literature as pos- +1 sessing adequate water solubility. Water solubility is achieved HOC HZC HZ :JI CHZ CO @N=N by preparing the dye as salts with anions usually selected from 98. The dyes of French Pat. 1,271,416, as

the following list: Cl Br 150, 14 0 150?, zncu CGHS cn so c,it, .so, CH -OS0, C,H,,-OSO,9C

,n, so, Clh-CJLSO? (ortho or para), HCOO9, 014,-

H C00 C H -COO C li -C00 ClCH,--COO C,H COOQ the lactate, oxalate, tartrate or citrate ion.-

When produced with these ions, the dyestuffs are sufficiently The dyes of French 1,290,862 as soluble in water to be applicable to polyacrylonitrile fibers from aqueous solution. O2N @*N=N NH2 CHZCH, In the compositions employed in the present invention,

0 C ;?3/ selected substituted carbocyclic aryl sulfonates, ArSO are employed in place of the watersolubilizing anions disclosed C a CHzCHz above. These selected arylsulfonates provide tight salts with the cationic dye which are water-insoluble at room tempera- 100. The quaternary dyes of U.S. 2,701,801, as ture, may be dispersed with selected anionic dispersing agents,

are compatible (i.e., do not co-precipitate by ion exchange) with acid dyes, anionic thickeners, and like ingredients of pad 0 NHZ E CH3 baths, and which fulfill the objectives of this invention as 69/ stated previously in that they may be applied by a continuous N"(CH2)3N CH3 Thermosol technique to acid-modified polyacrylonitrile and z polyesters.

C The substituents permissible on the carbocyclic arylsulfonate may vary widely. It has been found that permissible 0 substituents on the aryl sulfonates are those whose combined effect increases the acidity of the corresponding benzoic acids to a certain degree. More specifically, it has been found that any substituents which increase the acidity of benzoic acids, in an aqueous medium, by at least 0.6 of a pKa unit, when added 101 The quaternary dyes of Belgian Pat 609 667 as together, are useful substituents for the carbocyclic aromatic o NH sulfonic acids used as complexing anions for the localized pen- H l 2 dant charged cations in this invention. Thus, on pages 592-593 of the Detennination of Organic Structures by Physical Methods, Vol. I, by Braude and Nachod, published by Academic Press, Inc., New York, 1955, is a table listing pKa increments for various substituents. Any of the listed subg 6 stituents may be employed so long as their pKa sum has a value of 0.6 or less. Thus, as readily seen from inspecting pages 592-593, this requirement is readily fulfilled by three preferred complexing agents, as follows:

II I

I II 40 0 NH: P,

102. The quaternary dyes of U.S. 2,737,517, as

O NH:

A K .7 103. The quaternary dyes of British Pat. 1,016,371, as p a 0 5 ApKa ApKa" 0 In CHFCH? a men, the following monosubstitutedbenzenesulfomc O N-@N=N- -N I acids may be employed as complexing aruons useful in attain- Cl H: 2 ing the objectives of this invention CHI-C Hz ApKa NH: 75 o-, p-nitrobenzenesulfonate 2.03, 0.76

m-, p-cyanobenzenesulfonate 0.6, 0.65 p-methysulfamylbenzenesulfonate 0.68 o-iodobenzenesulfonate -l .34 o-bromobenzenesulfonate l .35 o-chlorobenzenesulfonate l .26 o-t'luorobenzenesulfonate 0.93 o-phenoxybenzenesulfonate 0.67 o-phenylbenzenesulfonate 0.74 o-t-butylbenzenesulfonate 0.74

The list for operable polysubstituted carbocyclic aromatic sulfonates becomes much larger since the effects appear to be additive, as previously illustrated with two of the three preferred complexing agents. For example, the following complexing anions may be specifically mentioned as applicable:

ApKa 3-methylsulfonyl-S-chlorobenzenesulfonate 0.93 3-trifluoromethyl-G-ethylbenzenesulfonate 0.84 2,4-, 2,5-, 3,5-dichlorobenzenesulfonate --l,47, l.63, 0.74 2-methoxy-4-methylsulfonylbenzenesulfonate 0.79

These polysubstituted benzienesulfonic acids, useful in this invention, are also suggested by the data on pgs. 59594 of the Braude reference. On these two pages, pKa values, are listed as compared to the reference, benzoic acid itself. Since a lower pKa than benzoic acid, 4.20, indicates a stronger acid than benzoic, a simple subtraction of the listed values from 4.20 gives the ApKa. Thus, based on pages 594-595, the following benzenesulfonates are also applicable in this invention. Many of these pKa values are somewhat surprising based on the values given for the monosubstituted benzoic acids shown on page 592-593. These apparent anomalies are usually rationalized on the basis of steric effects, as well as their electrical, i.e., inductive and resonance effects.

'ApKa 2,6-dimethylbenzenesulfonate 0.99 2,4 dibromobenzenesulfonate l .50 2,5-dinitrobenzenesulfonate 2.58 3,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonate l .38 4-nitro-3-methylbenzenesulfonate --0.69 2,4,6-trimethylbenzenesulfonate 0.77 2-nitro-4,5-dimethoxybenzenesulfonate l .71 2,3-dinitro-5 ,6-dimethoxybenzenesulfonate 2.84

Additional substituted compounds are effective for use in this invention. Several are listed below with reference to their Hammett sigma constants. The pKa limitation is not being changed here since the Hammett sigma constants can be derived from the degree of dissociation, i.e., ionization or pKa of substituted benzoic acids in an aqueous medium. A convenient list of Hammett sigma constants is available on p. 87 in Physical Organic Chemistry, second Edition, by J. Hine, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1962. Using Hammett sigma constants, the requirement is that sigma be equal to or greater than +0.6. This requirement is the equivalent of the requirement that the sum of the pKas be equal to or less than 0.6. Thus, the following compounds may be cited:

Finally, several compounds are readily applicable as anions for use in this invention, for which ionization data is not conveniently found in the literature. Thus, in changing from benzene to naphthalene sulfonates, more than just the ionization constant must be considered to describe the effect on the solubility of the cationic dye salts. For example, although the pKa values of benzoic acid and B-naphthoic acid are similar (3.20 and 3.16, respectively), the latter is 30 times less soluble. Since B-naphthoic acid is more insoluble than benzoic acid, it is clear that any substituents on the B-naththoic acid whose pKa sum is equal to or less than O.6 will be operable in this invention. Some such compounds include the following commercially available carbocyclic aromatic sulfonates:

5-, and 8-acetamido-2-naphthalenesulfonate 1-, and 2-anthraquinonesulfonate 2-chloro-3,S-dinitrobenzenesulfonate 2-chloro-S-nitrobenzenesulfonate 4-chloro-3-nitrobenzenesulfonate 8-cyanol -naphthalenesulfonate l-, and 2-naphthalenesulfonate 5-, and 8-nitrol -naphthalenesulfonate 5, and 8-nitro-Z-naphthalenesulfonate 2,6 dimethyl-8-, and -3-naphthalenesulfonate Acenaphthene-3-sulfonate C. THE ANIONIC DISPERSING AGENTS The dyes of Part A(l) and the carbocyclic aromatic sulfonates of Part A(2), and the dyes of Part 3(1) and the sulfonates of Part 3(2) are each combined to yield water-insoluble salts. he ion pair formed between the cationic dyes and the ArSO? or Ar'SO? complexing agent is a very tight, i.e., very slightly dissociated, ion-pair. Thus, it is possible to prepare stable, highly concentrated dispersions of these ionpair salts dispersed with an anionic dispersant.

The choice of the anionic dispersant important. A dispersant is needed which is relatively non-foaming and will not stain any fibers in a blend to be dyed. The dispersant should be one which is useful i.e., compatible, with a very wide=range of dyes of widely varying type. In particular, the dispersant, since it is anionic, must not compete excessively with the carbocyclic aromatic sulfonate originally present in the ion-pair salt, since severe competition, i.e., ion exchange, would destroy or seriously limit the dispersion stability. in addition, since the cationic dye-arylsulfonate salts are water-insoluble, they must be finely dispersed to provide stable products for the dye industry. Furthermore, due to the desirability of lower-cost dyes, the use of economical dispersing agents, in the pastes employed in this invention, is preferred.

Dispersants which satisfy all these requirements are the lignin sulfonates and salts of sulfonated naphthalene-formaldehyde condensatesv These dispersing agents are well known and are well suited for use in this invention. They are particularly adaptable for use in this invention because the salts are sufficiently insoluble to be compatible with the lignin sulfonate and sulfonated naphthalene-formaldehyde condensate, and the salts have a sufficiently high melting point to permit milling and to provide stability at 40 to 50 C. (usual storage or heated pad bath temperature). Salt-forming arysulfonates containing greater than about eight aliphatic carbon atoms are not particularly useful in producing the water-insoluble salts. Some common trade names linked to readily available commercial lignin sulfonates are as follows:

Polyfon sodium salt of sulfonated lignin Reax" sodium salts of sulfonated lignin derivatives Marasperse" partially desulfonated sodium lignosulfonate Polyfon" O (which contains 1 mole sulfonation per lignin unit of 840 gms.), chiefly because of its low cost and utility, is a preferred dispersing agent.

Some common trade names of readily available sulfonated naphthalene-formaldehyde condensates are as follows:

Blancol (sodium salt) and BlancoP' N (sodium salt) and Daxad l lKLS (polymerized potassium salt of alkyl naphthalene-sulfonic acid);

No. 15 (polymerized sodium salt of alkyl naphthalene The preparation of the cationic dye-arylsulfonate salts employed in this invention is carried out by initially preparing an aqueous solution or slurry of the cationic dye associated with its customary, water-solubilizing anions. The slurry or solution is most conveniently prepared by using from two to eight times as much deionized water by weight, as pure dye, at a temperature of from 20-70 C., accompanied by stirring for 1-2 hours until solution is complete, or the slurry is uniform.

The cationic dye is then precipitated as the water-insoluble cationic dye-arylsulfonate by adding a slight excess of a molar equivalent of the appropriate selected arylsulfonate, usually as its sodium salt or free acid, over an approximate %3 hour period to the aqueous slurry or solution maintained at approximately 20-70 C. Upon completion of the addition, the slurry is further agitated approximately 1-3 hours at 20-70 C., to insure complete precipitation, then cooled to room temperature and filtered.

The filter cake is washed with fairly large amounts of deionized water since it is necessary to essentially completely remove the residual inorganic salts. Since many water-soluble cationic dyes are customarily added as their chloride salts, completion of washing is readily indicated by obtaining an essentially chloride-free wash filtrate. In the event that other inorganic anions were originally associated with the cationic dye, comparable, well-known, simple tests may be substituted for the well-known test for chloride anion. In this manner, yields greater than 80 percent can be obtained, frequently greater than 90 percent. The elemental analyses available indicate that the stoichiometry of the cationic dye-arylsulfonate salt is as would be expected to balance the electrical charges, i.e. 1:1.

The pH, during the preparation of the aqueous solution or slurry of most of the water-soluble dyes and the slurry of the water-insoluble arylsulfonate salts, is not critical. The pH may vary from approximately 2-10. The preparation of arylsulfonate salts of triarylmethane cationic dyes requires a fairly strong acidic medium, e.g., a pH of about 2-4. That is, in alkaline media, a triarylmethyl carbonium ion would be converted to the unreactive (for salt formation) carbionol derivative. Indeed, whatever the pH during the preparation steps, the washing step with deionized water to eliminate inorganic salts will also nearly completely wash out any excess acidity or alkalinity such that the pH of the resulting wet filter cake is essentially neutral. Since the subsequent milling or dispersing step is accomplished at a pH of approximately 7-9, the washing out of excess acidity is most beneficial.

E. PREPARATION OF THE AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS OF THE SALTS AND THE ANIONIC DISPERSING AGENTS In preparing the pastes or dispersions employed in this invention, the usually wet press cake of the cationic dye-arylsulfonate salts is milled with the anionic dispersing agent and sand in the conventional manner. Thus, the press cake is charged into the milling (grinding) apparatus along with dispersant and sand. The dispersant, a lignin sulfonate or sulfonated naphthalene-formaldehyde condensate, is added in proportions varying from approximately 10-200 percent (by weight) based on the weight of dry, pure cationic dyc-arylsulfonate salt. The weight of sand used, based by weight on pure, dry, cationic dye-arylsulfonate salt may vary from approximately 300 to 700 percent. The water requirements cannot be easily defined except to say they must be adequate to provide a paste of sufficient, but not excessive, fluidity to permit the shearing action of the mill to reduce the particle size to the desired level.

The aqueous suspension is ground (milled) in a sand or colloid mill until the particle size is preferably reduced to approximately 1 micron. The temperature of the mass is usually maintained from approximately -70 C. The pH of the dispersion is approximately 8-9. The time usually required to prepare the dispersion with preferable particle size is approximately 2-5 hours. Such a short time is adequate since the cationic dye-sulfonate salts of this invention are readily dispersed. Upon attaining the desired particle size, which may be as large as 5-50 microns, the'aqueous dispersion of dye salts is filtered to separate it from the sand. The dispersions employed in this invention are obtained as the filtrate, leaving the sand as the filter cake, in which the dispersant is present in amounts of 1-25 percent based on the weight of solids. Very efficient recovery of the dye salt charged is obtained.

Several additional, optional steps take place between obtaining the filtrate and actually employing it in dye applications. Thus, it is customary to standardize the dispersion to obtain a reproducible, reliable strength relationship between various dye batches. This standardization is frequently arbitrary, usually dependent upon the tinctorial strength of the cationic dye chromophore. With the cationic dye-arylsulfonate salts employed in this invention, the standardized pastes contain from 5-40 percent-by-weight pure, dry dye salt.

In the process of standardizing the dye salt pastes, dextrin, sodium carboxy methyl cellulose, humectants, anti-foam agents, bacteriocides, fungicides, and additional anionic dispersant are frequently added. Typical humectants are glycerol and sorbitol. Various commercial preparations are available for reducing foaming tendencies, as Nalco 71-D5, a liquid formula containing polyglycol and fatty acid types of surface active agents, etc. Bacteriocides and fungicides are illustrated by paraformaldehyde, sodium silicofluoride, and commercial preparations such as the sodium salt of pentachlorophenol.

The resulting, standardized aqueous dispersions are stable for at lest 6 months and many are stable for over 1 year.

F. THE PROCESS The cationic salt components of the dispersions of this invention are applied to anionic fibers and their blends by a continuous high-temperature process. A general description of the process is as follows:

A pad bath is prepared containing:

a. a paste containing the composition described above (Concentrations up to a total of about 200 g./l. of 50 percent pastes are normally employed although in theory the pure paste could be padded. and optionally,

b. a thickener such as one of the natural gums (Concentrations from 10 to 40 g./l. are preferred since using too little thickener results in migration of the dye on the fabric which can lead to streaky dyeings.), and further optionally,

c. an anionic or nonionic surfactant to assist in providing a level pad by wetting out the fabric (Concentrations above about 3 to 5 g./l. provide little added benefit in wetting out.

Since the pastes are compatible with anionic agents used in dye and pad bath formulations, other classes of dyes containing such agents (e.g., vat, fiber-reactive, disperse dyes) can be mixed in the same pad bath for coapplication to selected fibers in a multicomponent blend. The pad bath can be prepared at 32 to 150 F. though the usual temperature range is to The pH of the pad bath is then adjusted, preferably from 6 to 9. The fabric to be dyed is then saturated with the pad bath and squeezed to remove excess liquor. The pickup varies from about 40 to 75 percent depending in part upon the bulkiness of the fabric. In general, a pickup greater than 75 percent provides too wet a pad and results in migration of the dye.

The pad is then predried preferably at 80 to F. If the pad is not dried sufficiently or if the predrying temperature is too high, migration of the dye may occur.

The predried pad is then heated, usually in hot air, at 350 to 450 F., depending upon the composition of the fiber for 60 sec. to 5 min. to fix the dye on the fiber. it is preferable to limit the time to less than 3 minutes for continuous operation.

Unfixed dye is then scoured from the fabric. The scour used depends not only upon the fibers present but also upon the other dyes that may be coapplied. For example, the caustichydro treatment and subsequent oxidation step used to fix a vat dye on the cellulosic also serves as an excellent scour. If a fiber-reactive dye has been applied, a detergent scour at about 200 F. for about 5 minutes is satisfactory.

Finally processing chemicals are rinsed from the fabric with water, and then the pad is dried.

The anionic polymeric substrates, for which the inventive dye-sulfonate salt dispersions have particular utility, include shaped articles such as acid-modified acrylic fiber having acid sites, for instance the sulfonate-modified acrylic fibers described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,837,500, 2,837,501, and 3,173,747; also acid-modified polyester fiber such as polyethylene terephthalate fiber containing metal-sulfonate groups as described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,018,272, the polymerdisclosing portions of which are incorporated herein by reference.

In addition to the acrylic and polyester fibers noted above, other types of fibers are advantageously colored by the dye compositions of the present invention. These include the trade name fibers listed as described in the reference J.Soc. Dyers & Col., 77, No.12, page 618 (Dec., 1061).

A wide variety of non-basic dyeable polyester, acrylic, polyamide, and cellulosic fibers may be coemployed since the cationic dye-arylsulfonate salts are designed mainly for the acid-modified acrylic or polyester fiber.

Preferred fibers include those known as Orlon"42, Dacron-64, and blends such as Orlon-42/viscose rayon, Acrilancellulose acetate/rayon, Orlon"42/nylon/cotton and Dacron"-64/"Dacron-54/cotton. The Thermosol method is, in general well known and offers the advantage of a continuous process which requires only a short contact period. The general process is described in U.S. Pat. No. 2,663,612.

The Thermosol process is particularly applicable to blended fabrics, particularly those containing cellulosic fibers, since during the padding operation, the cationic dye-arylsulfonate salt will be padded on both fibers, i.e., cellulosic and acidmodified synthetic. Since cationic dyes have no affinity for cellulosic fibers, a large amount of dye would be wasted unless considerable transfer of cationic dye-arylsulfonate salt occurred from cellulosic to synthetic. Surprisingly, very good transfer is observed with the dye compositions employed in this invention on blended fabrics; indeed, cotton or cellulosic fibers are only slightly stained by the cationic dye-arylsulfonate paste following Thermosol treatment. This characteristic of minimum stain on the cellulosic component is necessary since any residual cationic dye on the cellulosic would yield a fabric with poor lightfastness and poor wash fastness.

Moreover, in actual dyeing of blends, the pad bath will usually also contain the vat, fiber-reactive or direct dyes for conventional dyeing of the cellulosic, following Thermosol dyeing continuous fixation of the cationic dye on the acidmodified fiber. That is, following fixation of the cationic dye, the vat dye would be reduced with caustic-hydrosulfite to enable the leuco-vat dye to penetrate the cellulosic fiber. This reducing agent is also a very effective stripping agent of the slight residual cationic dye-arylsulfonate paste on the cellulosic fiber that has not completely transferred to the acidmodified synthetic fiber. This dual role of a conventional procedure for dyeing cellulosic fibers makes the previously mentioned fiber blends preferred.

A more detailed description of a typical actual dyeing procedure in conjunction with vat dyes is as follows: A pad bath solution g./l. dye strength) is prepared by stirring the dispersed cationic salt paste (2 g., 200:100 vs. the conventional cationic powder) into a mixture of 20 percent Superclear Gum (10 ml.) (a refined solution of natural gums) and 10 percent Merpol SH (4 ml.) (a nonionic ethylene oxide condensate with a fatty alcohol), then diluting with water to 100 ml. The pH is adjusted to 6.5 to 7.0 by adding either tetrasodium pyrophosphate or monosodium phosphate. The fabric is saturated with the pad bath solution and then squeezed to remove the excess (pick up 65%). The pad is air dried at 120 F. and then heated in a Thermosol oven at 400 to 430 F. for 90 sec. to fix the dye in the fiber. The Thermosoled pad is then saturated with a solution containing sodium hydroxide 75 g./l.) and sodium hydrosulfite (75 g./l.), then steamed at 2l5-225 F. for 1 minute. Any vat dye present is reduced at this point. In addition any of the cationic salt which did not fix in the preceding step is scoured off. After rinsing the pad in cold water, it is then treated at 120 F. for 10 minutes in a sodium perborate solution (2.5 g./l.) to oxidize the val dye. After a rinse in cold then hot water, the pad is soaked for 5 min. at about 210 F. in soap solution (0.2 percent sodium oleate). After another rinse in cold then hot water, the pad is dried. it a vat dye is not co-applied with the invention pastes on Orlon/cellulosic blends, the caustic-hydro scour would still be necessary to remove trace stains on the cellulosic fiber, however, the perborate treatment would not be employed.

This commercially valuable, continuous process is possible only since the compositions of this invention can be applied by fast, thermal (Thermosol) techniques, and since the inventive pastes are compatible, in high concentrations, with other padbath adjuvants.

The strength and/or shade of the salts when applied by the Thermosol method is much improved over the strength and/or shade of the corresponding conventional powder or heteropoly acid pastes. On 100 percent Orlon42 fiber, the percent fixation and build-up with increasing dye concentration varies with the anion used. It is possible to achieve nearly quantitative fixation values (-100 percent acid-modified Orion with selected arylsulfonates.

For fabrics made from intimate blends of polyfibers (polyamides, acrylics, polyesters) with cellulosic (cotton, rayon) fibers, an important styling method is two-tone or cross-dye coloration wherein the component fibers are dyed to contrasting colors or to widely differing shades of the same color. Because of the considerably lower abrasion resistance of the cellulosic fibers compared to the polyfibers, the wearing of garments made from the cross-dyed fabrics induces unsightly color changes (commonly termed frosting) at the points of most severe abrasion. The color change is always toward the color of the polyfiber component. While the problem has been always troublesome, the situation has become completely intolerable with the advent of durable press. This, by virtue of the high degree of crosslinking induced in the cellulosic fiber, drastically reduces its already low abrasion resistance.

A route toward greatly minimizing the frosting" problem is the use of a three-component blend of about one-third cellulosic and one-third each of two different polyfibers, each of which is dyeable in many cases, with a specific class of dyes having little substantivity for the other. When disperse dyes are used for one component in a triblend fabric, e.g., for unmodified polyester fiber, cellulose acetate, etc., it must be recognized that disperse dyes are also substantive to nearly all synthetic fibers, whether acid-modified or not. Hence, the acid-modified synthetic fiber is usually dyed to a deep shade with the pastes used in this invention, and the other to a considerably lighter shade. The cellulosic component is dyed to an intermediate shade and hue. In use, when the preferential abrasive loss of the cotton occurs at points of severe wear, the combined shade of the two polyfibers tends to mask any color change induced thereby.

The validity of the triblend approach has been demonstrated with the following three combinations of fibers:

l. Polyamide (acid dyes), acid-modified acrylic (cationic dyes), and cotton (direct, vat or fiber-reactive dyes);

2. Basic-modified acrylic (acid dyes), acidqnodified acrylic (cationic dyes), and rayon (direct, vat or fiber-reactive y 3. Acid-modified polyester (cationic dyes), standard polyester (disperse dyes), and cotton or rayon (direct, vat or fiber-reactive dyes).

4. Acid-modified acrylic (cationic dyes), cellulose acetate (disperse dyes), and rayon (direct, vat or fiber-reactive dyes).

Because it has not previously been possible to apply cationic dyes satisfactorily by the Thermosol process, the dyeing procedure for the triblend fabrics has been discontinuous; i.e., while the dyeing of two of the fibers could be carried out on a continuous basis, it was necessary to interrupt the process to apply the cationic dyes by a piece dyeing procedure, as in a beck or jig. This requirement has so increased the finished fabric costs that the triblend concept has had only limited commercial adoption. However, the dye compositions employed in the process of this invention, by virtue of their applicability by the Thermosol process, now permit the coloration of each component of the triblend by an integrated continuous process, thus negating the previous cost disadvantages and consequently permitting the application of the triblend concept to a much broader range of fabric styles and fabric costs. G. THE EXAMPLES Examples l-XXI, which follow, are directed to the preparation and use of dye salts having the formula D Ar'SO Description of a dye by number, e.g., Dye 18, in the examples, refers to the dye numbered 18 in the specification.

EXAMPLE I Preparation of Salt The carbinol derivative of Dye 18 (100 g., 0.24 mole) was slurried in 600 ml. of deionized water at 20-25 C. When uniform, 4-nitrotoluene-2-sulfonic acid (65.5 g., 0.3 mole) was slowly added in 5 g. portions over a period of 2 16 hours. The resulting slurry was held at 20-25 C. for 3 hours. The pH of the slurry at this point was about 1.0. The precipitate was filtered and washed with 500 to 1,000 ml. of deionized water; the pH of the filtrate at the end of the wash was about 2.5. The precipitate was partially dried by suction.

Weight of the Wet cake=300 g. Solids 0 1 Calculated dry wt: 120 g.=8l.l of theory M.P.=1s2l&5 C.

Dispersion The above wet cake was milled with 25 g. Polyfon O and 750 g. of fine sand. After about 3 hours at 2030 C. the particle size was reduced to 1p. or less. The sand was filtered off.

Weight of the paste 636 g.

Estimated recovery based upon the amount ofcarbinol originally charged 78 percent (by spectral measurements). Standardization Dowicide" G (sodium pentachlorophenate) (1 g.) and sodium silicofluoride (1 g.) slurried in H 0 (10 ml.) was dropped into the above paste with agitation. Seventy percent sorbitol 100 g.) was added, and the paste stirred for minutes, then filtered through milk paper to remove large particles.

Spectral strength 2001100 vs. alternatively standardized powder Kmart 618 my. a 21.0/g.

Dimethylacetamide/ percent H O in 80 percent EXAMPLE II The same procedure was used as described above in Example l with the following exceptions: Preparation of Salt Crude Dye 13 (200 g., 182.6 g. 100 percent, 0.41 mole) was slurried in deionized water (600 ml.), and 4-nitrotoluene-2- sulfonic acid (91.4 g., 0.42 mole) was slowly added. The product when filtered off was washed with 2 liters of deionized water.

Weight of the wet cake=554 g.

Calculated dry weight=205 g.=89% of theory .\I.P.=liquefies at 108l09 C.; solidifies on further heating; M.P.=207208 C.

526.5m a 126.1/g. in 50% aqueous ethanol Dispersion Part of the above wet cake (430 g. 159 g. dry wt.) was milled with Polyfon O (15 g.) and fine sand (750 g.) at

LII

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2030 C. After milling about 3 hours, the particle size was reduced to 1p. or less. The sand was filtered and washed with 150 g. of 10 percent Polyfon 0 solution. Weight of the dispersed paste 574 g. Spectral strength 80: 100 vs. corresponding powder Standardization The above paste was stirred and Polyfon" 0(25 g.) was added in deionized water (600 ml.) as was percent sorbitol (200 g.), Dowicide" G (2 g.) in water (10 ml.), and sodium silicofluoride (2 g.) in water (10 ml.). After 15 minutes, the paste was filtered through milk paper to remove large particles.

strength 200:100 vs. corresponding powder Amax 527 mp; a 16.94/g. in 50 percent aqueous ethanol Amax= 528 mp; a 15.49/g. in percent DMAC/20% EXAMPLE III Preparation of the Naphthalene-Z-Sulfonate Salt of Dye l 8 CH; 01- 01 OH;

I e HN- o 2 a J o CH CH Crude dye 18 carbinol (26 g., 0.06 mole) was slurried in deionized water ml.) at room temperature and dilute HCl was added to bring the pH to less than 2.0. Naphthalene- 2-sodium sulfonate (20 g., 0.09 mole) was slowly added over a period of 2 hours and the mixture was stirred at room temperature one-half hour longer. The product was filtered and washed with cold deionized water until the pH of the filtrate became 2.5 and isolated as a wet cake.

Dry yield based on solids 30.8 g. (81 percent of theory).

M.P. 263-265 C.

Dispersion The above cake (5.0 g. dry weight) was milled with Blancol" (1.0 g.) and fine sand (25 g.) at 50-55 C. until the particle size was uniform and about 1 .1. or less (4 to 6 hrs). The dispersion was diluted with water to reduce the viscosity and the sand filtered off and rinsed with deionized water (7 ml.).

Wt. of the recovered paste 28.5 g. (about 10 percent A.l.) Dyeing When applied to Orlon"42 and Orlon" blends by the Thermosol method, speck-free uniform pads are obtained similar in shade to aqueous dyeings of the corresponding dye l 8 powder.

EXAMPLE IV Preparation of the 4-Nitrotoluene-2-Sulfonate Salt of Dye 4 Crude dye 4 g.; 0.38 mole) was slurried in deionized water (2,500 ml.) at room temperature, and when uniform, a wet cake of 4-nitrotoluene-2-sulfonic acid (133 g.; 67.3 percent; 0.46 mole) was slowly added over a period of 6 hours. The mixture was stirred 16 hours at room temperature. The product was filtered and washed with deionized water until the pH of the filtrate was 4.9 and isolated as a wet cake.

Dry yield based on solids 177 g. (90 percent of theory).

water to provide fluidity were slurried in a sand mill at room temperature and the above wet cake, containing the crude dye 4 complex (177 g. dry weight) was slowly added mired with Polyfon O (5 g.) over a period of 4 hours. The mixture was milled at 40-50 C. for 1 hour during which time additional Polyfon" (10 g.) was added. The particle size was uniform and about 1,4. or less. After diluting with deionized water (250 ml.) to reduce the viscosity, the sand was filtered off and washed with 10 percent aqueous Polyfon 0 solution (50 ml.). The filtrate was slurried with dextrin (30 g.), sodium silicofluoride (3g), and Dowicide" G (3 g.).

Wt. of paste 704 g. Dyeing When applied to Orlon-42/wool or Dacron64/wool blends by the pad steam method, speck-free uniform dyeings are obtained similar in shade to aqueous dyeings of standardized dye 4 powder.

EXAMPLE lV Preparation of the Salt of Dye 4 and Sodium-m-Nitrobenzene sulfonate Crude dye 4 (80 g., 0.2 mole) was slurried in 500 ml. of water at 5060 C. After about 1 hour when the slurry was uniform, sodium-m-nitrobenzene sulfonate (45 g., 0.2 mole) was slowly added over a period of one-half hour. The mixture was held 3 hours at 50-60 C., then cooled to room temperature, filtered, washed free of Cl9with water (250 ml.) and sucked down.

Two runs carried out in the manner gave a total wet cake weight 572 gms.

solids 41 percent Calculated dry weight 235 gms.; 99 percent of theory based on spectra. Amax 416mm a, 87.7/g. in 50 percent aq. ethanol M.P.= l44l46 C.

Dispersion The above wet cake was milled with Polyfon" O (45 gms.) and fine sand (875 gms.). It was necessary to evaporate off some of the water by allowing the temperature to rise to 60 C. After about 2 hours, the particle size was reduced to lg. or less. Polyfon" O g.) was added, and the millingcontinued one-half hour longer and then filtered through milk paper.

The sand was washed with a little deionized water, adding the wash to the filtrate.

Weight of the paste 684 gm. Spectral strength 120:100 vs. standardized dye 4 powder Calculated recovery of dye based upon the amount of crude originally charged 99 percent.

Standardization Dowicide G (1g) dissolved in water (10 ml.) and sodium silicofluoride (l g.) slurried in water (10 ml.) were slowly dropped into the above paste with agitation. 70 percent sorbitol (140 g.) and water (35 ml.) were added, and the paste stirred for minutes, then filtered through milk paper to remove large particles.

Strength 200: 100 vs. standardized dye 4 powder. A 415mg; a 15.9/g. in 50 percent aq. ethanol EXAMPLE V Preparation of the Dimethylisophthalate-5-Sulfonate Salt of Dye C.I.42,000

COOCHa lOOCH;

A wet cake of the carbinol of the dye represented by C.l. 42,000 (69.3 percent; 16.0 g.; 0.03 mole) was slurried in deionized water (80 ml.) at room temperature, and when uniform, HCl was added to bring the pH to about 1.0, thus converting the carbinol to the bright green carbonium ion. Dimethylisophthalate-S-sulfonic acid (9.0 g.; 0.033 mole) was added over a period of 2 hours. The product precipitated and was filtered ofi', washed with deionized water and air dried.

Yield= 20.8 g. (not completely dry) Dispersion The above product (10 g.) was slurried with sufficient deionized water to provide fluidity in a sand mill. Polyfon O (1.0 g.) was added and when uniform, fine sand (40 g.). The mixture was milled at room temperature until the dispersion was uniform and the particle size about lp.. Additional Polyfon" O (2.0 g.) was needed during the milling. The paste was diluted with deionized water to reduce the viscosity, the sand filtered off and rinsed with deionized water 10 ml.

Weight of paste 44 g. (about 15 percent A.l.)

Dyeing When applied by the Thermosol method to Orlon"-42 blends, speck-free uniform dyeings are obtained with good strength and build-up. The shade is similar to aqueous dyeings of a standardized, powder-form of CI. 42,000.

EXAMPLE Vl oiN-@-s 03 CzHiC N Crude dye 13 (91 percent; 10 g.; 0.02 mole) was dissolved in deionized water (300 ml.) at 5060 C., and a solution of 2,4-dinitrobenzene sodium sulfonate (12.3 g.; 65 percent; 0.03 mole) in deionized water (200 ml.) was slowly added. The product precipitated from the solution. The mixture was cooled with agitation to room temperature, the precipitate filtered OE and washed with cold deionized water. The salt was vacuum dried at 60-65 C.

Yield 11.8 g (97 percent of theory) M.P. l -188 C.

Dispersion An equivalent amount of product was milled as a wet paste with Polyfon" O (2.0 g.) and fine sand (40 g.) at room temperature until a uniform dispersion was obtained with a particle size of 1 .1. or les. The sand was filtered off and rinsed with a small amount of water.

Wt. of dispersed paste 56 g. (about 12 percent A.l.)

EXAMPLE Vll Preparation of the Salt of Dye 24 and 4-Nitrotoluene-2-Sulfonate Crude dye 24 (20 g., 0.04 mole) was slurried in deionized water (200 ml.) at room temperature. When the slurry was uniform, 4-nitrotoluene-2-sulfonic acid (15 g., 0.07 mole) was slowly added over a period of 2 to 3 hours, followed by stirring 1 hour longer at room temperature. The product was filtered off and washed acid free to Congo Red paper with cold deionized water. The salt was isolated as a wet cake (81 g., 29.2 percent solids).

Dry yield based on solids= 23.7 g. (95% of theory) Dispersion A portion of the above wet cake (4.67 g. dry weight) was slurried in a sand mill with Polyfon O (0.5 g.). When the slurry was uniform, fine sand was added (25 g.) and sufficient water to provide fluidity. The mixture was milled for about 2 hours at about 40-45 C. The particle size was uniform at the end of this time and about In or less. Additional Polyfon" O (0.5 g.) was added and milled 15 min. longer. The paste was diluted with deionized water to reduce the viscosity, the sand filtered off and rinsed with deionized water ml.).

The paste (16 g.; percent Al.) was mixed with sorbitol (70 percent, 2 g.).

Dyeing When applied to Orlon"-42 and its blends by the Thermosol method, speck-free uniform dyeings are obtained. The shade is similar to aqueous dyeings of Dye 24 standardized powder.

EXAMPLE VIll Preparation of the Salt of Dye 11 and 4-Nitrotoluene-2-Sulfonate Ggwmm we 1&0.

COOCII Crude dye ll g., 80 percent Purity 0.03 mole) was slurried in deionized water (200 ml.) at room temperature. 4- Nitrotoluene-Z-sulfonic acid (1.0 g.) was added and stirred 2 hours. Then more 4-nitrotoluene-Z-sulfonic acid 9.0 g., 0.046 mole total) was slowly added over a period of 2 hours. Agitation was continued 1 hour longer at room temperature. The precipitate was isolated by filtration and washed with cold water until the filtrate was colorless and acid free to Congo Red paper. The product was obtained as a high solid (76 percent) wet cake.

Dry yield based on solids= 14.55 g. (66 percent of theory) Dispersion A portion of the above wet cake (5.3 g. dry weight) was slurried with Polyfon O (0.5 g.) in a sand mill at room temperature. When the slurry was uniform, fine sand (35 g.) was added and the mixture milled at room temperature. After milling 6 hours, additional Polyfon O (0.5 g.) was added and milling continued 1 hour longer. The particle size was uniform and about 1p. or less. The paste was diluted with deionized water to reduce the viscosity, the sand filtered ofi' and rinsed with water (5 g.

Dyeing The paste (20 g., about 15 percent A.I.) was mixed with sormethod to Dacron64 and its blends, speck-free, uniform bright red dyeings with good fixation, build-up and fastness are obtained. The shade is similar to aqueous dyeings of standardized dye 1] powder.

EXAMPLE lX Preparation of the Salt of Dye 23 and 4-Nitrotoluene-2-Sulfonate CH CH Crude dye 23 (20 g.', 0.05 mole) was slurried in deionized water (200 ml.) at room temperature. When the slurry was uniform, 4-ritrotoluene-2-sulfonic acid (12.5 g., 0.06 mole)was slowly added over a period of 2 hours. After stirring 1 hour longer at room temperature, the product was isolated by filtration, and washed acid-free to Congo Red paper with deionized water. The product was isolated as a wet cake.

Dry weight based on solids 18.8 g. (66 percent of theory) M.P. 207-209 C.

Dispersion A portion of the above wet cake (3.8 g. dry weight) was slurried in a sand mill at room temperature with Polyfon" O (1.0 g.). When the slurry was uniform, fine sand (25 g.) was added and the mixture heated 59 5055 C. Additional Polyfon O (1.0 g.) was added during the milling. When the particle size appeared uniform and about 1 or less, the milling was cooled to room temperature. The sand was filtered off and rinsed with 2 percent aqueous Polyfon 0 solution 15 g.).

Dyeing The recovered filtrate and wash, (39.5 g.; about 7.5 percent A.l.) when applied by the Thermosol method to Dacron- 64, provide speck-free uniform dyeings with good build-up and lightfastness. The shade is similar to aqueous dyeings of dye 23 standardized powder.

EXAMPLE X Preparation of the Salt of Dye 32 and 2,4-Dinitrobenzene-Sulfonate Crude dye 32 (1.0 g.; 0.003 mole) was slurried in deionized water (10 ml.) at room temperature. A solution of sodium 2,4-

dinitrobenzene sulfonate (1.0 g.; 0.004 moles) in deionized water (10 ml.) was slowly added at 30-40 C. A course precipitate formed. The mixture was stirred at 3040 C. for

45 min., followed by filtering off the product and washing with Dispersion The above product was slurried as a wet cake in a sand mill with sufl'lcient water to provide fluidity. The pH was adjusted to 10.2 with concentrated NH OH 1 drop), Polyfon O (0.5

Dye 31 (3H3 100 ml. of deionized water. The product was isolated as a wet 5 8-) added and when the urry W Uniform, fine sand (50.g.)

cake v added. The mixture was heated to 50-55 C. and milled for 4 Dry based on solids percent of theory) hOUl'S. At the end Of time the particle size was uniform and Melting point=227-229 C. about la or less. The sand was filtered off and rinsed with a 90.7; Amax= 435 my in 80:20 DMAC-H deionized Water s- Dispersion 10 Dyemg A portion of the above wet cake (1056 dry) was mined The combined filtrate and wash containing the dispersed with Polyfon O (0.1 g.) and fine sand (5.0 g.) at 50-55 C color (29 g.; percent A.l.), when applied by the Thermosol AdditionalPolyfonO (0.2 g.) was needed during the course mefhod to f r and blnd$ Provldes p of the milling to provide a uniform dispersion with a particle l 5 I dyemgs wlth Putstandmg hg} 1tfasmes5- The Shade size of about 1 .1.. The milling was cooled to room temperature to aqueous dyemgs of Standardized dye 34 powder and the sand filtered off. The sand was reslurried with 2 percent aqueous Polyfon" 0 solution and dextrin 1.0 g.). When EXAMPLE XII the slurry was uniform, the sand was filtered off. Both filtrates Preparation of the Salt of Dye 22 and 2,4-Dinitrobenzene Sulwere collected and mixed. fonate Weight of paste 13.0 g. (about 5-7 percent A.I.) I N NO" Dyeing When applied to Orlon42 or its blends by the Thermosol G method, speck-free uniform dyeings are obtained in heavy (C2Ha 2N -N bright greenish yellow shades similar to aqueous dyeings of 25 O standardized dye 32 powder.

Crude d e 22 (i0 0.03 mole) was slurried in deionized EXAMPLE XI water (80 11.), and w hen uniform 2,4-dinitrobenzene sodium Preparation of the Salt of Dye 34 and 4-Nitrotoluene-2-Sulsulfonate 8-9- mole) was slowly added breaking y fonate large lumps that formed. After stirring 1 hour longer at room temperature, the precipitate was filtered and washed with cold 013 water. The product was isolated as a high solids (87 percent) CH3 CH3 1 wet cake. CH3 SO Dry yield based on solids 1 1.3 g. (61 percent of theory) l 35 Melti ng Range l70-1 80 C. (d)

o, Dispersion The above product was milled as a wet paste 8.7 g. dry weight) with Polyfon O (1.0 g.) and fine sand 25 g.) at room CH3 temperature. To achieve a uniform dispersion with a particle size of about 1 additional Polyfon was needed (0.5 g.). Crude 34 g.; mole) W35 SiUITiEd in deionized water The sand was removed filtration (100 ml.) at -55 C. and 4-nitrotoluene-2-sultonic acid w f a t =35 (about 12 percent l 2-; 0-014 mole) was Slowly added Over 3 Period of 1 V4 The paste was slurried and Polyfon" O (2.0 g.) and sorbitol hours. The product precipitated from solution; the mixture t, 5 i d was stirred 10 min. longer at 50-5 5 C., and then cooled with 45 D i slow agitation to room temperature. The precipitate was iso- When applied to Orlone42 and its blends by the Therlated by filtration and washed acid-free to Congo Red paper mosol method, speck-free uniform dyeings are obtained with deionized water. The salt was isolated as a high solids (65 similar in shade to aqueous dyeings of standardized Dye 22 percent) wet cake. powder.

Yield on a dry basis 6.27 g. (about 100 percent of theory) 50 Table I, immediately following, shows additional dispersions The dry product is reddish yellow; M.P. 224-227 C.; which may be prepared as generally described in the foregoing a,,,,,,= 79.2, max 438 m= in :20 DMAC-l-l O. examples:

TABLE I Example Cation Anion Dispersant XIII CH3 N CH: ('31 Lignin sullonate as Marasperse CB.

H... (N/ =N OH a 1 Dye 15 XIV [CH3 N02 Lignin Sultanate as "Polyf0n 0.

TABLE 1 Example Cation Anion Dispersant XV CH3 N 02 Naphthalene sulfonic acid formaldehyde condensate as Blancol.

XVI CH3 021 N02 Ligninsulfonate as Polyfon H.

Dye 26 3 H3 (IJOOEt Lignin sulfonate as Polyl'on" 0.

9 NC- S0a N Dye 21 XVIHHH s GHQ- 0 W i Liguin Sulfonate as Reax".

SO Q a l 0 ON 1]165 OH;

Dye 3G XIX Br Naphthalene sulfonate and formalde- HO hyde condensate as Compound S". m I e U N N Br- SO fg 0 Dye 35 XX ([JH; Cl Llgnin sulionate as "Polyfon O.

j N=N 0 N(CH CH;O- 01 Derivative of Dye 2B EXAMPLE XXI 60 used to prepare the pastes of this invention, as [:1 cationic The following analytical data, set forth in Table II below, dye-arylsulfonates. are presented to show the structural assignment to the salts TABLE II Analysls M P Calculated Found Dye Salt-forming agent 6.5 MM, 0 H N s 01 c H N s 01 (a) 4 2,4-dinitrobenzenesul1onate 228-230 370 58. 9 55. 5 4. 8 9. 6 5. 5 55.4 0 5. 3 55.7 5.3

(b) 4 2,5-dichlorobenzenesulfonate 4.8 5. 5 12.1 5.1 5. 6 12 7 (c) 20 2,4-dinitrobenzenesulionate 770 87. 6 68. 7 4.2 14.1 4.6 59.4 4.3 13.6 3. 9 59.4 4.4 13.5 3.9

added over a period of 2 hours. The product completely Examples XXII-XXXVI, which follow, are directed to the precipitated from solution at 50-55 C., was slurried 1 hour preparation and use of dye salts having the formula K ArSO longer at 50-5 C., and then cooled to room temperature.

v l The precipitate was filtered and washed acid free with EXAMPLE 5 deionized water. It was isolated as a high solids (40 percent) Preparation of Salt we! F Crude Dye No. 43 100 g., 0.23 mole) was slurried in 540 Yleld on a dry a 515 s- Percent of y) ml. of water at 5060 C. After about 1 hour, when the slurry f dry P is dark reddlsh blown was uniform, sodium-m-nitrobenzene sulfonate (81.4 g., 0.36 Y 179L177, mole) was slowly added over a period of one-half hours. The 10 Dlsperslon mixture was held 3 hours at 50-60 (2., then cooled to room The above Product was slumed as a cake dry temperature, filtered, washed Cl free withwater (250 ml.) weight) in a Sand mill with sufficlem to Provide fluidilyand Sucked down The pH was adjusted to 7.3 with concentrated NH Ol-l (l The Salt was dried. drop). When the slurry was uniform Polyfon" O (0.5 g.) was w 130 3 f h 1 added along with fine sand (25.0 g.). The paste was milled at 35-55 C. During the course of the milling, additional Amax 490 mu; a 51.9 g. in DMF. Polyfon" 0 was a fi 1 g-I- Dispersion When the particle size was uniform and about In, the sand The above salt 200 g.) was milled with water 200 g.), was filtered Off and "used with Water (5 2- Polyfon" O (50 g.), and fine sand (800 g.) for 5 hours. Addi- Dyemg tional water (300 ml.) was added to reduce the strength and The filtrate and wash corftaining the dispels c0101" (24 8- the sand filtered 10 percent A.I.) when applied by the Thermosol method to weight of the paste: 709 Dacron"-64 and its blends, provides speck-free uniform dye- No further standardization was needed. ings with outstanding lightfastness. The shade is similar to Amax 490 mp, a,,,,, 13.06/g. in DMF. 25 aqueous yeings of dye 65 powder.

Dyeing When applied to Orlon42 blends and Dacron64 EXAMPLE xxlv blends and developed by the Thermosol method, level dyeings Preparation of the Salt of Dye 65 and 4Nitrotoluene-2-Sulare achieved demonstrating versatility in the application fonate Cl Cl CH3 I l oH/QGHQCQ O N-@N=N@NHCH2CH2NEB o 6 -s01 CH OHQ method and compatibility with dyes of the same and other Derivative below of Dye 65 was slurried (5.0 g.; 0.01 mole) classes. 40 in deionized water (200 ml.) at 20-30 C.

C H: C1 Cl 1 l /CH2C\H2 o1N-@ N=N-@Ni cmom-N8 /0 01- C 1120 Hz This dispersion when produced had a uniform particle size 4-Nitrotoluene-2-sulfonic acid (2.5 g., 0.011 mole) was slowly of 1p. or less. After standing about 7 months, a determination added over a 1 hour period at 20-30 C., and agitated at of the particle size led to the same result. 2030 C. 1 hour longer.

Using a procedure similar to the one above, the following additional salts of dye 43 have been prepared:

The product precipitated as dark red-brown crystals which were filtered and washed nearly acid-free (pH 5.5) with deionized water. The product was isolated as a high solid (30-40 percent) wet cake.

. naphthalene-Z-sulfonate M.P. 275276 C. p-nitrobenzene sulfonate 2.4dinitrobenzene sulfonate l88l94 C.

s ess 4-nitrotoluene-2-sulfonate l66-l67 C. dimethylisophthalate-S-sulfonate 248-249 c. f a i (80 Percem meow) 2,4,6-trichlorobenzene sulfonate 236237 C. 214 anthraquinone-Z-sulfonate 247-248.5 C.

Dispersion When dispersed, all provide level Thermosol dyeings similar The dispersion was carried out in Same manner as described in shade to aqueous dyeings of dye 3 powder. in Example XXI.

The dispersion (24 g; 10 percent A.I.), when applied by the EXAMPLE Xxm Thermosol method to Orlon"-42 blends, produces speck- P e atio of the S lt of Dye 65 and 4-Niu-ot 1uene-2-Sulfree uniform dyeings similar in shade to exhaust dyeings of the fonate dispersion and dye 65 powder.

CH CH OH Crude quaternary derivative of dye 65 (5.0 g., 0.01 mole) EXAMPLE XXV was slurried in deionized water (100 ml.) at 50-55 C. 4- Preparation of the Salt of Quaternized Dye 55 and 4- Nitrotoluene-Z-sulfonic acid (3.0 g.-, 0.014 mole) was slowly Nitrotoluene-2-Sulfonate The dye below was slurried (19.5 g.; 0.038 mole) in deionized water (200 ml.) at 50-5 C.

O NH: O H l H 4-Nitrotoluene-2-sulfonic acid (9.8 g.; 0.045 mole) was slowly added over a 3-hour period at 5055 C. and the paste was slurried one-half hour longer at 5055 C. A spot of the slurry on filter paper gave a clear run-out. The slurry was cooled to room temperature.

The precipitated salt was filtered and washed acid-free with deionized water. It was isolated as a high solids (40-50 percent) wet cake.

Yield on a dry basis 22.0 gms. (94 percent of theory) sulfur found 5 051.05%; calculated 5.12%. Dispersion The above dry product was slurried (5.0 g.) in a sand mill with sufficient deionized water to provide fluidity. When the slurry was uniform, Polyfon0 (0.5 g.) was added and fine sand (25.0 g.). The paste was milled for about 6 hours at 35-55 C. inside the mill and room temperature outside. At the end of the time, the particle size was uniform and about 1p. Polyfon0 (0.5 g.) was added, the viscosity was reduced by adding deionized water and slurried one-half hour longer.

The sand was filtered off and rinsed with 2 percent aqueous Polyfon" 0 solution (10 g.). The filtrate and wash, containing the dispersed color, (25 g.; 10 percent A.I.) when applied to Orlon42 or Dacron64 by the Thermosol method, provides speck-free uniform dyeings similar in shade to exhaust dyeings of dye 55 powder.

EXAMPLE XXVI Preparation of the Salt of Dye 46 and 4-Nitrotoluene-2-Sulfonate The slurry was filtered to remove trace insolubles then rinsed with hot deionized water 100 ml. The combined filtrate and wash gelled on cooling.

The filtrate was slurried at 505 5 C. and 4-nitrotoluene-2- sulfonic acid (5.0 g.; 0.023 mole) was slowly added over a period of 1 hour. The gel disappeared and fine crystals precipitated. The precipitate was filtered and washed acidfree to Congo Red paper with deionized water.

The reddish yellow product was somewhat tacky. M. P. l62167 C.

Dispersion Half of the above product was milled with Polyfon O (1.25 g.) and fine sand (50 g.) at 50-55 C. After several hours milling the particle size was uniform and about 2p. or less. A few milliliters of deionized water were added to reduce the viscosity, and then the sand was filtered off and rinsed with 2 percent aqueous Polyfon 0 solution.

Wt. ofthe paste 36 g.

Dyeing When this dispersion is applied to Dacron-64 blends by the Thermosol method, attractive lightfast yellow dyeings are obtained that are speck-free and uniform.

EXAMPLE XXVII Preparation of the Salt of Dye 79 and m-Nitrobenzene Sulfonate --CH:N(CH3)3 O Crude dye 79 (16 g.; 0.04 mole) was slurried in deionized water (80 ml.) at 20-30 C. Sodium m-nitrobenzene sulfonate (9.0 g.; 0.04 mole) was slowly added over a period of 9% to 1 hour. The slurry was stirred 1 hour longer at room temperature and then filtered; the precipitate was washed with 25 ml. of P1 0 to remove NaCl.

Weight of the wet cake 45.3 g.; solids 41.1%

Calculated dry weight= 18.6 g. (82 percent of theory) Dispersion The above dry product (5 g.) was slurried with sufficient deionized water to provide fluidity and Polyfon O (1.0 g.) was added. When the slurry was uniform, fine sand 25 g.) was added and the mixture milled for 4 hours at room temperature, whereupon the particle size was uniform and about 1p. or less. More Polyfon" O (0.5 g.) was added and deionized water to reduce the viscosity. The sand was removed by filtration and rinsed with 5 ml. of H 0.

The dye below was slurried (10.0 g.; 0.018 mole) in deionized Water (200 ml.) at C. 

2. The process of claim 1 wherein the anionic polymeric fiber is selected from an acid-modified acrylic, or -polyester fiber.
 2. drying the padded fiber, and
 3. heating the fiber at 350*-450* F. for from about 60 to 300 seconds to fix the dye in the fiber.
 3. THe process of claim 2 wherein the padding step (1) is carried out in a pad bath having a pH of 6 to 9; the drying step (2) is carried out at a temperature of from 80* to 150* F.; and the heating step is carried out at 350*-450* F. for from about 60 seconds to about 180 seconds.
 4. The process of claim 2 wherein the water-insoluble salt has the formula D+Ar''SO3+.
 5. The process of claim 4 wherein D+ of the water-insoluble salt is the cationic dye derived from a diphenylmethane, triarylmethane, xanthene, acridine, thiazole, indamine, azine, oxazine, thiazine or an azo dye having a delocalized positive charge.
 6. The process of claim 5 wherein Ar'' of the water-insoluble salt is phenyl or naphthyl substituted with substituents that are non-ionogenic and whose summation of pKa increments, as measured on benzoic acid derivatives in aqueous medium, is equal to or less than -0.9.
 7. The process composition of claim 4 wherein Ar''SO3- of the water-insoluble salt is selected from 4-nitrotoluene-2-sulfonate, 2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonate, naphthalene-2-sulfonate, dimethylisophthalate-5-sulfonate, o-chlorobenzenesulfonate, 3,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonate, 2,5-dinitrobenzenesulfonate, 2-nitrobenzenesulfonate, 3-ethoxy-carbonyl-4-cyanobenzenesulfonate, 3-trifluoromethyl-5-cyanobenzenesulfonate, 2,4-dibromobenzenesulfonate or 2,5-dichlorobenzenesulfonate.
 8. The process of claim 2 wherein the water-insoluble salt has the formula K+ ArSO3-.
 9. The process of claim 8 wherein Z of the water-insoluble salt is an azo- or anthraquinone dye chromophore and Y is a covalent bond or alkylene of one to six carbon atoms.
 10. The process of claim 9 wherein Ar of the water-insoluble salt is phenyl or naphthyl substituted with substituents that are non-ionogenic and whose summation of pKa increments, as measured on benzoic acid derivatives in aqueous medium, is equal to or less than -0.6.
 11. The process of claim 10 wherein ArSO3- of the water-insoluble salt is selected from 3-nitrobenzenesulfonate, 4-nitrotoluene-2-sulfonate, 2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonate, 3-methyltoluene-2-sulfonate, 2-nitro-4,5-dimethoxybenzenesulfonate, naphthalene-2-sulfonate, dimethylisophthalate-5-sulfonate, 2-chlorobenzenesulfonate, 2-fluorobenzenesulfonate, 4-cyanobenzene sulfonate, or 2,4-dichlorobenzenesulfonate.
 12. The process of claim 2 carried out on acid modified acrylic, or -polyester fibers which have been blended with other fibers.
 13. The process of claim 12 wherein the other fibers are cellulosic fibers. 